Chapter XXI.—Provincial Departments o! Industries.
' (130) The creation of specialised Departments of Industries is neces-
sary to' co-ordinate the various forms of provincial activity which have;
been suggested, and to perform certain functions at present entrusted
"to other non-specialised agencies. " f
(131) The establishment is required in each province of a Depart- J
ment of Industries under a Director, who should act as Secretary to
Government for commercial and industrial subjects. * i
(132) To ensure that the Departments of Industries, Agriculture j
-and Co-operative Credit work in close harmony, they should be under \
the control of the same Member of the provincial Executive Council. |
(133) The Director of Industries should be assisted by a Board J
whose members should be appointed by Government, in some cases >;
on its own selection, in others on nomination by suitable public bodies. '$
Where the Board and the Director disagree, the matter should be referred Ij
to superior authority. The Board should consist of not less than 6 or ''
more than 12 persons, who should be mainly non-official. The members j
of the Board and of sub-committees formed for special purposes might {j
"be offered fees and travelling allowances.
(134) The Board should have power to co-opt members for tem-
porary or special purposes and to appoint standing or temporary sub-
committees. I
(135) The Department of Industries should consist, in addition to j
tlie Director, of a Deputy Director (in the larger provinces), industrial j
engineers, chemists, industrial specialists and teachers, and certain v /I
other officers. Initially, these officers may be recruited as circum- }
stances best allow; but as the Imperial Industrial and Scientific Services '4
are established, the provincial department should obtain its superior \
officers from these services. They should be entirely under the orders |
of the Local Government. Specialists in various lines of applied tech- |
nology who are engaged in teaching would also serve as advisers to 1
Government and to private industrialists. Subordinate officers with a |
knowledge of mechanical engineering will be required in territorial |
charges to help small industries^ *
Chapter XXII.—An Imperial Department oi Industries. * .j
(136) The direction and co-ordination of the general industrial
policy of the country and the proper performance of certain functions
of high national importance can only be effected through an Imperial
Department of Industries, in charge of a Member .of the Viceroy's Exe-
cutive Council; and there is a sufficient number of closely correlated
functions to justify the creation of a specialised imperial department
for their performance.
(137) Special arrangements are, however,- required to secure the
prompt and efficient performance of the administrative and executive
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